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1See Certain Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders from 

India: Initiation of Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation, 88 FR 33571 (May 24, 2023) 

(Initiation Notice). 

2See Certain Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders from 

India: Postponement of in the Less-Than-Fair-Value 

Investigation, 88 FR 62771 (September 13, 2023). 

3See Memorandum, ‘‘Decision Memorandum for 

the Preliminary Affirmative Determination in the 

Less-Than-Fair-Value Investigation of Certain NonRefillable Steel Cylinders from India’’ dated 

concurrently with, and hereby adopted by, this 

notice (Preliminary Decision Memorandum). 

4See Antidumping Duties; Countervailing Duties, 

Final Rule, 62 FR 27296, 27323 (May 19, 1997). 

5See Initiation Notice, 88 FR at 33571. 

Standard leaded brass rod covered by the 

scope contains, by weight, 57.0–65.0 percent 

copper; 0.5–3.0 percent lead; no more than 

1.3 percent iron; and at least 15 percent zinc. 

No-lead or low-lead brass rod covered by the 

scope contains by weight 59.0–76.0 percent 

copper; 0–1.5 percent lead; no more than 

0.35 percent iron; and at least 15 percent 

zinc. Brass rod may also include other 

chemical elements (e.g., nickel, phosphorous, 

silicon, tin, etc.). 

Brass rod may be in straight lengths or 

coils. Brass rod covered by this investigation 

may be finished or unfinished, and may or 

may not be heated, extruded, pickled, or 

cold-drawn. Brass rod may be produced in 

accordance with ASTM B16, ASTM B124, 

ASTM B981, ASTM B371, ASTM B453, 

ASTM B21, ASTM B138, and ASTM B927, 

but such conformity to an ASTM standard is 

not required for the merchandise to be 

included within the scope. 

Excluded from the scope of this 

investigation is brass ingot, which is a casting 

of unwrought metal unsuitable for 

conversion into brass rod without remelting, 

that contains, by weight, at least 57.0 percent 

copper and 15.0 percent zinc. 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is currently classifiable under 

subheadings 7407.21.9000, 7407.21.7000, 

and 7407.21.1500 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). 

Products subject to the scope may also enter 

under HTSUS subheadings 7403.21.0000, 

7407.21.3000, and 7407.21.5000. The HTSUS 

subheadings and UNS alloy designations are 

provided for convenience and customs 

purposes. The written description of the 

scope of the investigations is dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Sections in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope of Investigation 

V. Discussion of the Methodology 

VI. Currency Conversion 

VII. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–533–912] 

Certain Non-Refillable Steel Cylinders 

From India: Preliminary Affirmative 

Determination of Sales at Less Than 

Fair Value, Postponement of Final 

Determination, and Extension of 

Provisional Measures 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) preliminarily 

determines that certain non-refillable 

steel cylinders (cylinders) from India are 

being, or are likely to be, sold in the 

United States at less than fair value 

(LTFV). The period of investigation 

(POI) is April 1, 2022, through March 

31, 2023. Interested parties are invited 

to comment on this preliminary 

determination. 

DATES: Applicable December 1, 2023. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Benito Ballesteros, AD/CVD Operations, 

Office IX, Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

U.S. Department of Commerce, 1401 

Constitution Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20230; telephone: (202) 482–7425. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

This preliminary determination is 

made in accordance with section 733(b) 

of the Tariff Act of 1930, as amended 

(the Act). Commerce published the 

notice of initiation of this investigation 

on May 24, 2023.1 On September 13, 

2023, Commerce postponed the 

preliminary determination of this 

investigation until November 24, 2023.2

For a complete description of the 

events that followed the initiation of 

this investigation, see the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum.3 A list of topics 

included in the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum is included as Appendix 

II to this notice. The Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum is a public 

document and is on file electronically 

via Enforcement and Compliance’s 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty 

Centralized Electronic Service System 

(ACCESS). ACCESS is available to 

registered users at https://

access.trade.gov. In addition, a complete 

version of the Preliminary Decision 

Memorandum can be accessed directly 

at https://access.trade.gov/public/ 

FRNoticesListLayout.aspx. 

Scope of the Investigation 

The products covered by this 

investigation are cylinders from India. 

For a complete description of the scope 

of this investigation, see Appendix I. 

Scope Comments 

In accordance with the preamble to 

Commerce’s regulations,4 the Initiation 

Notice set aside a period of time for 

parties to raise issues regarding product 

coverage (i.e., scope).5 No interested 

party commented on the scope of the 

investigation as it appeared in the 

Initiation Notice. Therefore, Commerce 

is not preliminarily modifying the scope 

language as it appeared in the Initiation 

Notice. See the scope in Appendix I to 

this notice. 

Methodology 

Commerce is conducting this 

investigation in accordance with section 

731 of the Act. Commerce has 

calculated export price in accordance 

with section 772(a) of the Act. Normal 

value (NV) is calculated in accordance 

with section 773 of the Act. In addition, 

Commerce has relied on facts available 

with an adverse inference in 

determining a weighted-average 

dumping margin for Bhiwadi Cylinders 

Private Limited/Sapphire (India) Private 

Limited (collectively, Bhiwadi/ 

Sapphire) under sections 776(a) and (b) 

of the Act. For a full description of the 

methodology underlying the 

preliminary determination, see the 

Preliminary Decision Memorandum. 

All-Others Rate 

Sections 733(d)(1)(ii) and 735(c)(5)(A) 

of the Act provide that in the 

preliminary determination Commerce 

shall determine an estimated all-others 

rate for all exporters and producers not 

individually examined. This rate shall 

be an amount equal to the weighted 

average of the estimated weightedaverage dumping margins established 

for exporters and producers 

individually investigated, excluding any 

zero and de minimis margins, and any 

margins determined entirely under 

section 776 of the Act. 

Pursuant to section 735(c)(5)(B) of the 

Act, if the estimated weighted-average 

dumping margins established for all 

exporters and producers individually 

examined are zero, de minimis, or 

determined based entirely on facts 

otherwise available, Commerce may use 

‘‘any reasonable method to establish the 

estimated all-others rate for exporters 

and producers not individually 

investigated, including averaging the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margins determined for the exporters 

and producers individually 

investigated.’’ Commerce has 

preliminarily determined the estimated 


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6See Petitioner’s Letter, ‘‘Certain Non-Refillable 

Cylinders from India—Petition from the Imposition 

of Antidumping and Countervailing Duties,’’ dated 

April 27, 2023 (Petition). 7Commerce has preliminarily determined to 

collapse Bhiwadi and Sapphire and treat these 

companies as a single entity. See Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum. 8See the ‘‘All Others Rate’’ section, supra; see 

also Initiation Notice, 88 FR at 33573. The margins 

alleged in the Petition were 6.24 percent and 61.00 

percent. 

9See 19 CFR 351.309(d); see also Administrative 

Protective Order, Service, and Other Procedures in 

Antidumping and Countervailing Duty Proceedings, 

88 FR 67069, 67077 (September 29, 2023) (APO and 

Service Final Rule). 

weighted-average dumping margin for 

Bhiwadi/Sapphire under section 776 of 

the Act and has preliminarily 

determined that the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for Inox India 

Limited (Inox) is zero percent. 

Consequently, pursuant to section 

735(c)(5)(B) of the Act, we calculated 

the all-others rate as a simple average of 

the alleged dumping margin(s) from the 

Petition.6

Preliminary Determination 

Commerce preliminarily determines 

that the following estimated weightedaverage dumping margins exist for the 

period, April 1, 2022, through March 31, 

2023: 

Exporter/producer 

Estimated 

weighted-average 

dumping margin 

(percent) 

Cash deposit rate 

(adjusted for 

subsidy offset(s)) 

(percent) 

Bhiwadi Cylinders Private Limited; Sapphire (India) Private Limited 7 ...................................................... 61.00 59.36 

Inox India Limited ...................................................................................................................................... 0.00 0.00 

All Others ................................................................................................................................................... 8 33.62 31.93 

Consistent with section 733(b)(3) of 

the Act, Commerce disregards zero or de 

minimis rates and preliminarily 

determines that the individually 

examined respondent with a zero or de 

minimis rate has not made sales of 

subject merchandise at LTFV. 

Suspension of Liquidation 

In accordance with section 733(d)(2) 

of the Act, Commerce will direct U.S. 

Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to 

suspend liquidation of entries of subject 

merchandise, as described in Appendix 

I, entered, or withdrawn from 

warehouse, for consumption on or after 

the date of publication of this notice in 

the Federal Register, as discussed 

below. Further, pursuant to section 

733(d)(1)(B) of the Act and 19 CFR 

351.205(d), Commerce will instruct CBP 

to require a cash deposit equal to the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin or the estimated all-others rate, 

as follows: (1) the cash deposit rate for 

the respondents listed above will be 

equal to the company-specific estimated 

weighted-average dumping margins 

determined in this preliminary 

determination; (2) if the exporter is not 

a respondent identified above, but the 

producer is, then the cash deposit rate 

will be equal to the company-specific 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin established for that producer of 

the subject merchandise except as 

explained below; and (3) the cash 

deposit rate for all other producers and 

exporters will be equal to the all-others 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin. 

Because the estimated weightedaverage dumping margin for Inox is 

zero, entries of shipments of subject 

merchandise from this company will 

not be subject to suspension of 

liquidation or cash deposit 

requirements. In such situations, 

Commerce applies the exclusion to the 

provisional measures to the producer/ 

exporter combination that was 

examined in the investigation. 

Accordingly, Commerce is directing 

CBP not to suspend liquidation of 

entries of subject merchandise produced 

and exported by Inox. Entries of 

shipments of subject merchandise from 

Inox in any other producer/exporter 

combination, or by third parties that 

sourced subject merchandise from the 

excluded producer/exporter 

combination, are subject to the 

provisional measures at the all-others 

rate. 

Should the final estimated weightedaverage dumping margin be zero or de 

minimis for the producer/exporter 

combination identified above, entries of 

shipments of subject merchandise from 

this producer/exporter combination will 

be excluded from the potential 

antidumping duty order. Such 

exclusions are not applicable to 

merchandise exported to the United 

States by this respondent in any other 

producer/exporter combination or by 

third parties that sourced subject 

merchandise from the excluded 

producer/exporter combination. 

Commerce normally adjusts cash 

deposits for estimated antidumping 

duties by the amount of export subsidies 

countervailed in a companion 

countervailing duty (CVD) proceeding, 

when CVD provisional measures are in 

effect. Accordingly, where Commerce 

preliminarily made an affirmative 

determination for countervailable export 

subsidies, Commerce has offset the 

estimated weighted-average dumping 

margin by the appropriate CVD rate. 

Any such adjusted cash deposit rate 

may be found in the ‘‘Preliminary 

Determination’’ section above. 

Should provisional measures in the 

companion CVD investigation expire 

prior to the expiration of provisional 

measures in this LTFV investigation, 

Commerce will direct CBP to begin 

collecting estimated antidumping duty 

cash deposits unadjusted for 

countervailed export subsidies at the 

time that the provisional CVD measures 

expire. These suspension of liquidation 

instructions will remain in effect until 

further notice. 

Disclosure 

Commerce intends to disclose its 

calculations and analysis performed to 

interested parties in this preliminary 

determination within five days of any 

public announcement or, if there is no 

public announcement, within five days 

of the date of publication of this notice 

in accordance with 19 CFR 351.224(b). 

Verification 

As provided in section 782(i)(1) of the 

Act, Commerce intends to verify the 

information relied upon in making its 

final determination. 

Public Comment 

Case briefs or other written comments 

may be submitted to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance no later than seven days 

after the date on which the last 

verification report is issued in this 

investigation. Rebuttal briefs, limited to 

issues raised in the case briefs, may be 

filed not later than five days after the 

date for filing case briefs.9 Interested 

parties who submit case briefs or 

rebuttal briefs in this proceeding must 

submit: (1) a table of contents listing 


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10See 19 351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2) 

11We use the term ‘‘issue’’ here to describe an 

argument that Commerce would normally address 

in a comment of the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum. 

12See APO and Service Final Rule. 

13See Bhiwadi/Sapphire’s Letter, ‘‘Bhiwadi’s 

Request for Extension of Final Determination,’’ 

dated October 31, 2023. 

each issue; and (2) a table of 

authorities.10

As provided under 19 CFR 

351.309(c)(2) and (d)(2), in prior 

proceedings we have encouraged 

interested parties to provide an 

executive summary of their briefs that 

should be limited to five pages total, 

including footnotes. In this 

investigation, we instead request that 

interested parties provide at the 

beginning of their briefs a public, 

executive summary for each issue raised 

in their briefs.11 Further, we request that 

interested parties limit their executive 

summary of each issue to no more than 

450 words, not including citations. We 

intend to use the executive summaries 

as the basis of the comment summaries 

included in the Issues and Decision 

Memorandum that will accompany the 

final determination in this investigation. 

We request that interested parties 

include footnotes for relevant citations 

in the executive summary of each issue. 

Note that Commerce has amended 

certain of its requirements pertaining to 

the service of documents in 19 CFR 

351.303(f).12

Pursuant to 19 CFR 351.310(c), 

interested parties who wish to request a 

hearing, limited to issues raised in the 

case and rebuttal briefs, must submit a 

written request to the Assistant 

Secretary for Enforcement and 

Compliance, U.S. Department of 

Commerce, within 30 days after the date 

of publication of this notice. Requests 

should contain the party’s name, 

address, and telephone number, the 

number of participants, and a list of the 

issues to be discussed. If a request for 

a hearing is made, Commerce will 

inform parties of the time and date for 

the hearing. 

Postponement of Final Determination 

and Extension of Provisional Measures 

Section 735(a)(2) of the Act provides 

that a final determination may be 

postponed until not later than 135 days 

after the date of the publication of the 

preliminary determination if, in the 

event of an affirmative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by exporters who 

account for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise, or in 

the event of a negative preliminary 

determination, a request for such 

postponement is made by the petitioner. 

Section 351.210(e)(2) of Commerce’s 

regulations requires that a request by 

exporters for postponement of the final 

determination be accompanied by a 

request for extension of provisional 

measures from a four-month period to a 

period not more than six months in 

duration. 

On October 31, 2023, pursuant to 19 

CFR 351.210(e), Bhiwadi/Sapphire 

requested that Commerce postpone the 

final determination and that provisional 

measures be extended to a period not to 

exceed six months.13 In accordance with 

section 735(a)(2)(A) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.210(b)(2)(ii), because: (1) the 

preliminary determination is 

affirmative; (2) the requesting exporter 

account for a significant proportion of 

exports of the subject merchandise; and 

(3) no compelling reasons for denial 

exist, Commerce is postponing the final 

determination and extending the 

provisional measures from a four-month 

period to a period not greater than six 

months. Accordingly, Commerce will 

make its final determination no later 

than 135 days after the date of 

publication of this preliminary 

determination. 

U.S. International Trade Commission 

Notification 

In accordance with section 733(f) of 

the Act, Commerce will notify the U.S. 

International Trade Commission (ITC) of 

its preliminary determination. If the 

final determination is affirmative, the 

ITC will determine before the later of 

120 days after the date of this 

preliminary determination or 45 days 

after the final determination whether 

these imports are materially injuring, or 

threaten material injury to, the U.S. 

industry. 

Notification to Interested Parties 

This determination is issued and 

published in accordance with sections 

733(f) and 777(i)(1) of the Act and 19 

CFR 351.205(c). 

Dated: November 24, 2023. 

Abdelali Elouaradia, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Enforcement 

and Compliance. 

Appendix I 

Scope of the Investigation 

The merchandise covered by this 

investigation is certain seamed (welded or 

brazed), non-refillable steel cylinders 

meeting the requirements of, or produced to 

meet the requirements of, U.S. Department of 

Transportation specification 39, 

TransportCanada specification 39M, or 

United Nations pressure receptacle standard 

ISO 11118 and otherwise meeting the 

description provided below (non-refillable 

steel cylinders). The subject non-refillable 

steel cylinders are portable and range from 

100-cubic inch (1.6 liter) water capacity to 

1,526-cubic inch (25 liter) water capacity. 

Subject non-refillable steel cylinders may be 

imported with or without a valve and/or 

pressure release device and are unfilled at 

the time of importation. Non-refillable steel 

cylinders filled with pressurized air 

otherwise meeting the physical description 

above are covered by this investigation. 

Specifically excluded are seamless nonrefillable steel cylinders. 

The merchandise subject to this 

investigation is properly classified under 

statistical reporting numbers 7311.00.0060 

and 7311.00.0090 of the Harmonized Tariff 

Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The 

merchandise may also enter under HTSUS 

statistical reporting numbers 7310.29.0030 

and 7310.29.0065. Although the HTSUS 

statistical reporting numbers are provided for 

convenience and customs purposes, the 

written description of the merchandise is 

dispositive. 

Appendix II 

List of Topics Discussed in the Preliminary 

Decision Memorandum 

I. Summary 

II. Background 

III. Period of Investigation 

IV. Scope of the Investigation 

V. Affiliation and Single Entity Treatment 

VI. Application of Facts Available and Use of 

Adverse Inference 

VII. Discussion of the Methodology 

VIII. Currency Conversion 

IX. Adjustments to Cash Deposit Rates for 

Export Subsidies in Companion 

Countervailing Duty Investigation 

X. Recommendation 

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BILLING CODE 3510–DS–P 

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 

International Trade Administration 

[A–823–817] 

Prestressed Concrete Steel Wire 

Strand From Ukraine: Rescission of 

Antidumping Duty Administrative 

Review; 2022–2023 

AGENCY: Enforcement and Compliance, 

International Trade Administration, 

Department of Commerce. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Commerce (Commerce) is rescinding the 

administrative review of the 

antidumping duty (AD) order on 

prestressed concrete steel wire strand 

(PC strand) from Ukraine for the period 

of review (POR) June 1, 2022, through 

May 31, 2023. 

DATES: Applicable December 1, 2023. 


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